Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-09-20

snakes Matchcd BY Hen
About two weeks ago a little Eng
llsh lad named Sorby, who lives in
Fetterman, took basket and went
to the neighborhood Of Wallace Run
for berries. On the road home while
crossing field, he found number
OF round, white balls about as large
as walnuts. These he put in his
basket and carried home. As soon
as his father saw them he pronounced
them turtles eggs, and as they had
at that time hen that was anxious
to set, and, in fact, had been setting
around on brickbats, humps of coal,
and other things of like nature, he
concluded he would try an expert
ment just for curiosity. So the sup
posed turtle eggs were placed under
the hen carefully, and she was left
alone in her glory.
Abont a week after that, one
bright morning, the family were
satrtled by the greatest commotion
in the chicken-yard. Upon running
to learn the cause, what was their
horror to see the place literally alive
With blacksnakes, that were darling
In and out beneath the old setting
hen and wiggling around at great
rate. The supposed turtle eggs were
those Of blacksnake, and the hen
had hatched them out. The snakes
were, on an average, about six inches
long, and as lively as crickets. They
would protrude their ugly heads
from beneath the old hens wings
and dart their little red tongues out
at any one who would approach them.
| The Sorby family looked on in as
tonlshment until one of the snakes
wrapped itself round its foster-moth-
ers neck and began to choke her to
death. Then they procured sticks
and went to work killing off the hor-
rid brood. After killing twenty eight,
the remainder-about half a dozen
that had taken refuge under the old
hen-were allowed to live, and it is
said that she takes as much care of
them as if they were little chicks.
Wherever she goes they follow.
and seem to know her cluck. She
scratches diligently for them all day
but no one has yet seen them eat
AT night they crawl under her wings
} and sleep soundly. 1t is a queer
; family.-[New Brighton (Pa.) News
1t is agreed all around that un
restricted immigration is becoming
too much of a good thing for this coun
try, and that the immigration law
. should be thoroughly revised, will
the view of regulating the coming o
foreigners to our shores. The reasons
! urged against unrestricted immigra
ton are, first, the great increase o
k crime which is directly traceable t.
element in our population proved t.
9 be alien to our institutions and un
used to our atmosphere of liberty
= The statistics collated by Rev. Fred
erick H. Wines indicate an alarmin,
increase of crime ever since immi
grants began to come from Europ
in great numbers. This authorit
= has made it pretty evident that il
a seven States, containing nearly Is,
o 100000 of the population of the Unit
o ed States, there has been proportion
! al increase of commitments to Stat
,s prisons and penitentiaries, from 1872
n to 1880, vastly greater than the growt
in population.
i In New York City, where immi
grants delight to herd together, in
stead of going westward, the polio
last year made 74,035 arrests, whic
is gives l arrest for every 20 persons
l. Making allowance for those who wer
lie arrested more than once, we can sti
y assume that out of every 25 was al
4 rested last year; while the number {
lie persons who had committed crime
of but have escaped the clutch of til
lie Law is not known. This is recor
in that should move the serious attentio
g, of every patriot to consideration {
'g an efficient and speedy remedy.
. Gov. Bartlett, of California, die
- in Oakland last Monday eyenin,
The Governor has been in critic
condition for month, and his deaf
has been expected any day durin